The Varsity is producing a second play by award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson. The theatrical production of “The Night Alive” will be presented the first weekend in May at the downtown venue. McPherson wrote the Varsity’s popular production of “The Weir,” which was presented last fall. <br/><br/>“The Night Alive” premiered in London in June 2013, then moved to Broadway and other venues across the United States, including Chicago and Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Kevin Purcell of Cobden is again directing. Actors in the production are some of the best in the region, and each has appeared in numerous productions in Carbondale and beyond. They are Kim Curlee, Sarah Dubach, Eric Billingsley, Dan Hill and Todd Brown.<br/><br/>The play is set in the drawing room of an Edwardian house in Dublin, which is now a rooming house inhabited by 50-something Tommy, who rents a room from his Uncle Maurice, who lives upstairs. Tommy's friend, Doc
The Varsity is producing a second play by award-winning Irish playwright Conor McPherson. The theatrical production of “The Night Alive” will be presented the first weekend in May at the downtown venue. McPherson wrote the Varsity’s popular production of “The Weir,” which was presented last fall. <br/><br/>“The Night Alive” premiered in London in June 2013, then moved to Broadway and other venues across the United States, including Chicago and Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Kevin Purcell of Cobden is again directing. Actors in the production are some of the best in the region, and each has appeared in numerous productions in Carbondale and beyond. They are Kim Curlee, Sarah Dubach, Eric Billingsley, Dan Hill and Todd Brown.<br/><br/>The play is set in the drawing room of an Edwardian house in Dublin, which is now a rooming house inhabited by 50-something Tommy, who rents a room from his Uncle Maurice, who lives upstairs. Tommy's friend, Doc
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